Developers need to ensure that users and data are protected in web applications. In this best practices guide, Jonathan LeBlanc and Tim Messerschmidt look at the concepts, technology, and programming methodologies necessary to build a secure interface for data and identity - without compromising usability.

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Authors: Jonathan LeBlanc and Tim Messerschmidt
Publisher: O'Reilly
Date: June 2016
Pages: 204
ISBN: 978-1491937013
Print: 1491937017
Kindle: B01GP09AS6
Audience: Web developers
Level: Advanced
Category: Web design and development

You'll learn how to plug holes in existing systems, protect against viable attack vectors, and work in environments that sometimes are naturally insecure.

• Understand the state of web and application security today
• Design security password encryption, and combat password attack vectors
• Create digital fingerprints to identify users through browser, device, and paired device detection
• Build secure data transmission systems through OAuth and OpenID Connect
• Use alternate methods of identification for a second factor of authentication
• Harden your web applications against attack
• Create a secure data transmission system using SSL/TLS, and synchronous and asynchronous cryptography

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